I've been a manufacturing engineer in Silicon Valley for 18 years. I've made products at Apple, Google (twice), Nest, Waymo, and several other startups. My expertise is in getting hardware made, but I've also picked up a lot of knowledge of product design and what makes a product great, or very stupid. I am tired of living in a stupid version of the future, let's build better together.
I have a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering and a Master's in BioEngineering, both from UC Berkeley.
I've built a lot of products. 12 generations of iPods and their in-box earbuds and charging adapters, Nest's Learning Thermostat and Protect smoke detectors, and Waymo's self-driving cars to name…
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